点
diǎn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 點
O'clock: the word that follows a number when you tell the time. 几点？ asks 'what time?'; 七点 is seven o'clock, 七点半 half past seven, 七点十分 ten past seven. Two o'clock is 两点, not 二点. Its basic meaning is a dot or a point, and 一点儿 is 'a little'.
Giờ (khi xem đồng hồ): từ đặt sau con số để nói mấy giờ. 几点？ là “mấy giờ?”; 七点 là bảy giờ, 七点半 là bảy giờ rưỡi, 七点十分 là bảy giờ mười phút. Hai giờ là 两点, không nói 二点. Chữ này còn có nghĩa là dấu chấm, điểm; 一点儿 là “một chút”.
ClassifierRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “点” mean?
O'clock: the word that follows a number when you tell the time. 几点？ asks 'what time?'; 七点 is seven o'clock, 七点半 half past seven, 七点十分 ten past seven. Two o'clock is 两点, not 二点. Its basic meaning is a dot or a point, and 一点儿 is 'a little'.
Is “点” formal or informal?
点 is generally neutral.